What the fuck. How is this not animal cruelty?
We are at the Wolfenstein stage of capital.
Submitted 7 months ago by ooli@lemmy.world to aboringdystopia@lemmy.world
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atrielienz@lemmy.world 7 months ago
PineRune@lemmy.world 7 months ago
Animal Cruelty is basically every K9 Unit’s motto.
NormalPerson@lemmy.world 7 months ago
To them dogs are not man’s best friend, just a loyal tool.
JohnDClay@sh.itjust.works 7 months ago
Apparently that’s better for the teeth? It’d be the attack training that wears them down.
atrielienz@lemmy.world 7 months ago
Probably not actually, especially in the long term. Crowns and veneers can lead to lots of other dental problems and the thing is, the dog doesn’t have human speech to let handlers know it’s in pain or having a problem right away so if they have a rotting tooth or a cracked one under the cap all kinds of things can go wrong.
Skydancer@pawb.social 7 months ago
And how is it nobody seems to have noticed the two jawbones mounted above?
officermike@lemmy.world 7 months ago
I don’t think those are jawbones. They’re casts of the dogs jaws with the prepared caps test-fitted to each tooth.
scytale@lemm.ee 7 months ago
Is it proper to hold the dog’s snout like a bowling bowl to show its teeth?
Hugh_Jeggs@lemm.ee 7 months ago
A dog’s nose is 1000 times more sensitive than a human’s
It’s animal cruelty so it works!
AngryCommieKender@lemmy.world 7 months ago
It’s 1000 times more sensitive to scent. I’m no veterinarian, nor am I a dog, but I foster dogs, and those little fuckers aren’t exactly gentle about shoving their snouts into anything and everything available. I doubt it would hurt the dog.
That being said, yeah, the dog doesn’t like it, and would probably bite anyone other than their human that tried to do that.
Sir_Kevin@lemmy.dbzer0.com 7 months ago
This fuckin dog gets better healthcare than I do.
kippinitreal@lemmy.world 7 months ago
Devils advocate: retiring an old service dog means you’d need to invest in training another pup which is way more expensive than titanium teeth and dealing even with animal cruelty complaints and/or lawsuits. Also “bleed blue” fanboys will see this as badass, so its free PR.
As a mortal/moral person advocate: WHAT THE FUCK.
orcrist@lemm.ee 7 months ago
[deleted]kippinitreal@lemmy.world 7 months ago
Money saved on k9’s is money for some super ugly Oakley’s dude
/s
feedum_sneedson@lemmy.world 7 months ago
Yeah, it saves money. Still insane, but not due to the cost.
WaxedWookie@lemmy.world 7 months ago
How about we save the money by not giving the police literal attack dogs to maul people with… Maybe just start ripping budget away from the police that insist on buying up surplus military equipment, ensuring that the only tool they have to solve any problem is a gun. Nah - the people that relentlessly bleat about freedom just loooove that shiny new boot leather taste.
ValenThyme@reddthat.com 7 months ago
always remember the #1 killer of K-9 units is neglectful officers.
www.tandfonline.com/doi/…/10282580.2019.1576128
oh they’ll call it heat exhaustion! Like the pups ran a marathon off their own accord and didn’t hydrate.
shalafi@lemmy.world 7 months ago
The dog was only 6-yo, not like they were whipping along some old man.
Ever been around dogs? They love doing what they’re trained for. Had be been forcibly retired, he would have been devastated.
The caps are almost certainly way cheaper than purchasing a new dog. Last I heard, trained Germans Shepherds were going for $10,000, and that was 30-years ago.
Flocklesscrow@lemm.ee 7 months ago
There’s no reason to have dogs in “law enforcement” at all.
Working dogs do love their work. But that doesn’t mean all work is meaningful.
Dozzi92@lemmy.world 7 months ago
My town has a golden retriever. He’s basically just a mascot, he goes around with one of the school resource officers, helps police engage with young people in the community. I know this is not exactly what you’re referring to.
Techranger@infosec.pub 7 months ago
Don’t police dogs regularly screen for explosives at large events, shipping terminals, bus depots, train stations, and airports?
JasonDJ@lemmy.zip 7 months ago
There should be a program to retire trained service animals that are too old to keep to go to like…veterans with a high-activity lifestyle or something idk.
AngryCommieKender@lemmy.world 7 months ago
If he was retired, he just needs his own Pixie kitten to help him acclimate to civilian life.
RangerJosie@lemmy.world 7 months ago
Pigs don’t need attack dogs. They never did. They don’t now.
_lilith@lemmy.world 7 months ago
It can’t be normal to wear out k9 teeth. I know they file them so they punch instead of tear but this seems dumb. What is he biting bricks?
undergroundoverground@lemmy.world 7 months ago
To me, its that being forced to do the same thing all day, nearly everyday, wears out your body and mind, long before their due date.
We just that we don’t get many reframed, visible representations of it. Especially ones this apparent.
ZILtoid1991@lemmy.world 7 months ago
Meanwhile regular people have to shell out a small fortune for fake teeth out of their pockets, because they surely haven’t bought the right brand of toothpaste, mouthwash, floss, and electric toothbrush, not to mention that teeth are for smiling, not eating.
CouncilOfFriends@slrpnk.net 7 months ago
Just today I was listening to Peter F. Hamilton’s “Exodus: The Archimedes Engine” and the mention of attack dogs with diamond-tipped teeth sounded a little wacky for sci-fi. Sometimes life can be stranger than fiction.
IMNOTCRAZYINSTITUTION@lemmy.world 7 months ago
I hate these fucking dogs and the cops that use them
Agent641@lemmy.world 7 months ago
Which cop was that vet a cousin/brother/spouse of?
EmperorHenry@discuss.tchncs.de 7 months ago
Fuck the schools! And fuck that police department too.
treadful@lemmy.zip 7 months ago
“To extend its service life” really bugs me.
T156@lemmy.world 7 months ago
It makes them sound like a car or something.
AngryCommieKender@lemmy.world 7 months ago
Military members are considered “equipment,” by the US military. The terminology originated with them. The thugs with badges are using it for their cosplay.
AngryCommieKender@lemmy.world 7 months ago
More military cosplay from the thugs with badges.
Etterra@lemmy.world 7 months ago
It’s a dog, not a squad car.
lud@lemm.ee 7 months ago
To be fair, animals have been used that way for many millennia. It’s just recently we decided that some animals are pets and not tools.
AngryCommieKender@lemmy.world 7 months ago
To be even more fair, that is exactly the terminology used for military personnel medical procedures. We all know that the thugs with badges absolutely love to cosplay as military, so it follows that they would use military terminology.